If it's oldie rock and roll, I can maybe stand it but for the most part I prefer to pick what I want to hear and when I want to hear it!! I have been tempted to throw myself on the floor at times and scream, "the voices, the voices, make them stop!!!" as one old repeating email suggested... !

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So looney is a perfect "muzzak no-goer".Sorta is pro but doesn't like every bit of music, only oldies....and Lotus, well, I put you on the "annoyed" side too.What have we now? let's see....5 1/2 for NO and 1 1/2 for Yes....I'am going to bed now. Maybe one or the other US boomer will come here and vote while I'am sleeping. See you tomorrow

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"You ask me what life is. That's like asking me what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot is a carrot" (A. Chekhov)

Elevator muzzack is all instrumental. Emphasis on "mental". Can't stand it "at all", although I'm usually not on the elevator long enough to get really annoyed.

Store music depends on the store that I'm in.

Some stores play a great mix of oldies pop & rock music, and I have lived my life to that sound track, and every song brings nostalgic memories of specific periods in my life. Some good and some not so good, but I still enjoy the music.

Music is my real time machine.

Some stores play unknown artist doing covers of popular pop or rock songs, and I hate every one of those. It's never as good as the original.

NOW!! Some stores, including the one that I work for, play music targeted at specific groups or types of shoppers for marketing ploys. The majority of the music is types of music that I can't stand, and to make matters as bad as possible, meaning I'm readyto go postal on someone, they cycle this music over and over for YEARS!!!!

I've worked at Lowe's over 4 years now, and I'm still hearing the same songs that I hated 4 years ago, and I just want a name, or a phone number of the person who is responsible for programming the torture that we are subjected to day in and day out, so that I can send them a special Christmas gift to show my appreciation.

You asked, I answered.

joe

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i , too have walked out of stores that i really wanted to buy something in ,gritting my teeth to keep from screaming ,because the music was so loud either i couldn't think ,or felt like i needed to raise my voice to the people i was with in order to be heard .

seasonal songs ? worst of all !

one of my previous apartments had a church whose bells rang a song every hour ,every day, - i wanted to do serious damage to them....

Joe, it was Ana's question whether they already play the Christmas tunes at the store you are working that drove me to write this topic. I'am so sorry you have to endure those ear assaults. How about using ear plugs while working, as a kind of strike? Thank you for ranting away in this topic!

Niteowl: "gritting my teeth to keep from sreaming"... yes, that's exctly the feeling I have in our supermarket here. The music is loud and there is always one or the other "singer" yelling and screeching for minutes on end. With no message at all. Thank you for voting.

Homer: thank you for your oppinion. I count you on the YES side. Sure, in a supermarket you are not camping and so you can leave again after a while. But what would you do in a Restaurant, sitting down and ordering the food and after, say, 5 minutes you think: why must I yell to my vis-à-vis. I always ask the waiter to turn the volume off, but often I get the answer: the other clients like the music. And.... I often leave the Restaurant before ordering because I don't like to yell at my husband..... Well, not in a Restaurant anyway...

Mad: you are too funny. And thank you for voting too!

So what do we have now: 8 1/2 for NO and 2 1/2 for YES.... and I ask myself, since this little survey brought more no's than yes': why are the store or restaurant or elevator or whatever owner still think they can get us to like muzzak?

I wonder....

Thank you all for your opinions and votes!

Happy noiseless day

Evelyne

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"You ask me what life is. That's like asking me what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot is a carrot" (A. Chekhov)

The problem is there are few choices of music for any public place like a store. You cannot legally play any music you like because you have to pay royalties. Muzac does that for you. I don't see that going away anytime soon.